Definition

1. Noun:
   • Chauvinist: A person displaying excessive or prejudiced loyalty or support for their own group, cause, or gender, often with contempt for other groups. In its original and common usage, it often refers to male chauvinism.
   • Chauvinistic: Having the qualities of a chauvinist; characterized by exaggerated patriotism or bias toward one's own group.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Anh ta bị mọi người chỉ trích là một kẻ sô vanh. (He is criticized by everyone as a chauvinist.)
  • Tư tưởng sô vanh đã lỗi thời. (Chauvinistic ideology is outdated.)
• Adjectival Use:
  • Những nhận xét của ông ấy nghe rất sô vanh. (His remarks sound very chauvinistic.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in compound phrases to specify the type of chauvinism, though "sô vanh" alone typically implies male chauvinism in everyday conversation.
• "sô vanh dân tộc": national chauvinism.
  • Chủ nghĩa sô vanh dân tộc có thể dẫn đến xung đột. (National chauvinism can lead to conflict.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sô-vanh (n): An alternative spelling of the same word.
• Chủ nghĩa sô vanh (n): Chauvinism (the doctrine or practice).

Synonyms

• Chauvinist: jingoist, supremacist (context-dependent).
• Chauvinistic: prejudiced, biased, sexist (specifically for male chauvinism), jingoistic.

Related Idioms

• While there are no direct idioms with "sô vanh," the concept is central to phrases like:
  • "Tư tưởng nam giới là trung tâm": male-centric thought, which is a manifestation of male chauvinism.

noun

1. chauvinistic, chauvinist